Daniel J. Irving

3 PROJECTS: POSSIBILITIES & PITFALLS IN PROJECT-BASED

REAL-WORLD LEARNING

Unitec Research Symposium 2013

Rather than chase or drive success;Provide the platform that shapes the culture of

success.

Daniel J. Irving

Unitec Research Symposium 2013

3 PROJECTS: REAL-WORLD LEARNING

PROJECT 1 . Urban Design StudioPractice-based Mentoring

PROJECT 2 . Negotiated Study ‘Travel Abroad’The Firm, the Work, the Workshop

PROJECT 3 . Research by Design StudioResearch-based Study/Studio

Daniel J. Irving

Unitec Research Symposium 2013

PROJECT 1 . URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

PRACTICE-BASED MENTORING

Co-Teaching Urban Design Practitioner

Ian J. Vincent, Principal Urbanlogic

6 Auckland FirmsBoffa Miskell (LA/Arch)Wraight Associates

(LA)AECOM (UD/Eng) Brewer-Davidson

(Sustainable Arch) Auckland Council

(ProjManagemnt)Taupo City (UD)

Using Auckland Council RFP Template

Not a simplified Brief !!

2012 . Collaborative Studio (Unitec)Landscape Architecture (3rd Yr, Bachelors)Architecture (1st Yr, Masters)

2013 . Collaborative Studio (Unitec & AUT)Landscape Architecture (3rd Yr, Bachelors)Spatial Design (3rd Yr, Bachelors)

Daniel J. Irving

Unitec Research Symposium 2013

PROJECT 2 . NEGOTIATED STUDY ‘TRAVEL ABROAD’

THE FIRM, THE WORK, THE WORKSHOP

2 Recent Graduates in SupportEthan Reid, Principal

Changespace

Jamie Stronge, Principal Changespace

5 International FirmsLatz + Partners (LA)Topotek 1 (LA) Atlier-Loidl (LA)TGP (LA)BIG (Arch)

1 Institutional Partner (U of Wargeningen)

3-day Design Charrette

2013 . Nov 24 – Dec 22Germany

BerlinLübeckHamburgBremen

DenmarkCopenhagen

NetherlandsArnhemAmsterdam

Daniel J. Irving

Unitec Research Symposium 2013

PROJECT 3 . RESEARCH-BY-DESIGN STUDIO

RESEARCH-BASED STUDY/STUDIO2011 . Negotiated Study

2 x 4th Year students invited to engage research

2012 . Studio 2 (1st Yr)Unitec Environmental Sustainability

GrantPresentation to Auckland LibrariesCommission for Pt. Chev Community

Assessment

2013 . The Year of the Committee

2014 . Delivery of Report

What informs the Library of 2030?

Rather than chase technology;Provide the platform that shapes the culture of

information.

Imagine a library that was everywhere in your local community,

rather than shut up inside a single building.

Rethinking the space of Libraries

Kevin KellyCommunities of Contributors – Communities of Practice

Re-think passive reception of information

We are limited by our formal procedural processes - Professions, Accreditation, Reviews, Advisory, etc -

> limitations are invented internally (“blind fields”, e.g., workloads);

Rather than FOLLOW, we should aim to LEAD industry.

Let’s just take it slow so we can test things out…> slow is not a substitute for strategy.

Part-timers from practice don’t understand “our culture”…> experimentation...and MISTAKES…are part of learning

process; is “our culture” short-term or long-term?

> …and why is “our culture” that is so hard understand?

CONCLUSIONS & CONSIDERATIONS1. Structure vs. Flexibility

The myths to which we hold tightly

We need an ethic of volunteerism; We are, after all, a public service…

> Practice-based education is a business that provides a service.

Why isn’t government or institutional policy providing stronger leadership?…

> Education personal NOT an aggregate affair; Individual educators need to lead; Administration

should not.

Students “deserve”…> Students choose training to become profitable; Our

aim is to make them as profitable as we possibly can, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT new students.

2. Business vs. Service

CONCLUSIONS & CONSIDERATIONS

The myths to which we hold tightly

3. Practice vs. Academia

RESEACH GEARED TOWARDS INNOVATION (ACTIVE), LEADS PRACTICE

RESEARCH THAT “LOOKS AT STUFF” (PASSIVE) CANNOT LEAD PRACTICE

A mix is okay – 70/30? – What is the culture of our academic practice?

CONCLUSIONS & CONSIDERATIONS

The myths to which we hold tightly